<For centuries translations ofthe Bible have obscured our understandingand appreciation of theoriginal text. Now And God Said providesreaders with an authoritative account of significantmistranslations and shows how newtranslation methods can give readers their firstglimpse into what the Bible really means.And God Said uncovers the often inaccurateor misleading English translations ofthe Hebrew Bible and the New Testamentthat quotes from it. Sometimes the familiarEnglish is just misleading. Other times themistakes are more substantial. But the errorsare widespread. This book tackles such issuesas what's wrong with the Ten Commandments(starting with the word commandments) thecorrect description of the virgin birth andthe surprisingly modern message in the Songof Solomon as well as many other unexpected